7/4/15

Friday night in Los Angeles, Noah Syndergaard and Clayton
Kershaw matched up in a terrific pitcher’s duel. The Met s squeak out a 2-1 win
over the Dodgers.

The Met offense is
still running in slow motion.

The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in the 2nd
inning when Adrian Gonzalez led off with a solo
homer, his 14th on the year.
The Mets tied the game off Kershaw in the 4th when Wilmer
Flores RBI single to right scoring John Mayberry Jr.

In the 9th against Kenley Jansen,
Lucas Duda doubled and went to third on an infield hit by Flores. Kevin
Plawecki then hit a long sac-fly to center to score Duda with the go ahead run.

Syndergaard was brilliant in the
no-decision going 6 allowing just 2 hits 1 run (earned) walking 2 and striking
out 6. His ERA falls 3.38. Hansel Robles pitched 2 dominant scoreless
innings in relief. He gets the win improving to 2-2. Jeurys Familia pitched the
9th for his 22nd save.
The Mets managed 7 hits on the night. Flores led the way going 3 for 4.
Ruben Tejada went 2 for 4. Kershaw went
7 innings allowing 5 hits 1 run (earned) walking 2 and striking out 7. Jansen
takes the loss in relief falling to 2-1.

With the win the win the Mets snap
their three game losing slide. They improve to 41-40 and are now 12-26 on the
road. They keep pace with the Nationals
as they stay 3 ½ games behind in 2nd place in the NL east. Saturday evening it’s game two of the
series. Matt Harvey (7-5 2.99) goes for
the Mets, Zach Greinke (6-2 1.58) goes
for Los Angeles.